Col. R.E. Mittelstaedt, of the 250th Coast Artillery, issued the
following statement today:The National Guard has been ordered to the Embarcadero to maintain law
and order in the city of San Francisco.

The public must realize that the National Guard now is part of the army of
the United States and is trained and equipped by the United States
government as are the troops of the regular army.

Our troops are officered by World War veterans and we propose to
undertake the duties as soldiers in the same manner that we would
undertake a war-time mission.

In view of the fact that we are equipped with rifles, bayonets, automatic
rifles and machine guns, which are all high-powered weapons, the
Embarcadero will not be a safe place for persons whose reasons for being
there are not sufficient to run the risk of serious injury.

We have 4000 additional National Guard troops behind us and should this
number be insufficient, we can call the regular army, the navy and the
marine corps to our assistance.